Improvement in calk-sharpeners



l--www- HENRY KIME, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA. Lette-rs Patent No. 84,553,dateflvDecember I, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partof thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY KIME, ofMarshalltown, in the county of Marshall, and State of Iowa, haveinventeda new and usefulImprovement iu Instruments for Sharpening Oalksand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others. skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which the drawing represents asectional side view of my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object'of this invention is to sharpen the Acalks of horse-shoes,while the latter are on the animalsfeet.

It consists of a nib-plate pivoted within the recess of one of thehandles of the instrument, and arranged in suchy co-relation with theother handle, that the heel f the latter will actuate thelever-extension of the nib-plate, and cause its nib-end to close uponthe ealk of the horse-shoe nipped between the said nib and the proximateedge of the recess, whereby the calk is cut olil with a tapering cut,which leaves it with a sharpened or renewed edge.

In the drawings- A is a recess, formed in the end of a metal handle, B.

O isa handle, the head D of which is pivoted in the recess A;

The head is formed with a heel, a, and toe b, for a purpose to be shown.

The nib-plate E has a lever-extension, d, a nib, e, and point j, asshown.

The calk, shown in red color, is nipped between'the nib e and theshouldered edge g, of metal, forming the end ofthe recess, as shown, andthe nib e `cuts o' the blunt poiut of the (falk with a bevelled out,thus leaving it with a sharp edge.

In bringing the handle C upon the handle B, in the operation of cutting,the heel av acts upon the extension (I, as shown, thus obtainingsufficient leverage to readily sever the calk.

Vhen the handles are moved apart, the toe I) presses upon the point f,and thus opens the nib e from Contact with the part g, whereby the pointof the vcalk may be inserted.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire. t0 secure by Letters Patent- An instrumentfor cutting off the points of horseshoe calks, constructed substantiallyas shown and described, consisting.of the nib-plate E, having thelever-extension d, and point f, in combination with the recessed handleB, andoperated upon by the lever D, substantially as set forth.

HENRY KIME. Witnesses:

THOMAS J. WILSON, J.'M. PARKER.

